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- 26 Sep 2014, 08:57
- Forum: Vintage Bicycles
- Topic: The Black Stump Tour
- Replies: 13
- Views: 6945
Re: The Black Stump Tour
Searching for images of statues of Hercules, I came across this cracker that I thought you guys might appreciate: http://www.nuernberg.de/imperia/md/presse/bilder/pressemitteilungen/2013/130114_kumzweiradhochburg.jpg It's pretty amazing how similar this 1896 model looks (to my eyes at least) to a mo...
- 08 Feb 2014, 17:20
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Alpine Classic 2014 - Entry Open and new ride options
- Replies: 34
- Views: 9928
Re: Alpine Classic 2014 - Entry Open and new ride options
Eleri: 250
Mark L: 250
Amy: 200
Adam: 200
Ted: 200
Adrian: 200
Camilla: 200
Philip: 250
Andrewm: 250
PhilD: 200
Bruce: 200 (we can claim you, wan't we?)
Philemon: 200
Ron Webster: 200
running total: 2800 km
And what did Richard and Simone end up doing?
Mark L: 250
Amy: 200
Adam: 200
Ted: 200
Adrian: 200
Camilla: 200
Philip: 250
Andrewm: 250
PhilD: 200
Bruce: 200 (we can claim you, wan't we?)
Philemon: 200
Ron Webster: 200
running total: 2800 km
And what did Richard and Simone end up doing?
- 10 Jan 2014, 20:12
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Sun Club Ride: Royal National Park (RNP) 6:00am
- Replies: 422
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Re: Sun Club Ride: Royal National Park (RNP) 6:00am
Sunday 12th Jan 06:00 - C28's pace version Audley in (pls include this bit in the list)
1. Stuart
2. Cameron
3. Michele W
4. Anthony K
5. Jo
6. Adam
7. Adam W
8. Paul
9. Rajiv (Hopefully)
10. Ben
11. Rod (continuing onto Wollongong)
12. Ted
1. Stuart
2. Cameron
3. Michele W
4. Anthony K
5. Jo
6. Adam
7. Adam W
8. Paul
9. Rajiv (Hopefully)
10. Ben
11. Rod (continuing onto Wollongong)
12. Ted
- 25 Aug 2013, 22:13
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: When too much cycling is never enough Pres goes to Europe
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7106
Re: When too much cycling is never enough Pres goes to Europ
Um yes, I was vaguely thinking of having a crack at Ventoux. I'll have to ride myself into form in Spain and France. Slightly concerned that there won't be time for a decent taper beforehand.
- 24 Aug 2013, 23:07
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: When too much cycling is never enough Pres goes to Europe
- Replies: 25
- Views: 7106
Re: When too much cycling is never enough Pres goes to Europ
So, we just finished a ride like yours, but along the Danube. 200 fewer km. (19,000m less climbing).
- 23 Apr 2013, 16:43
- Forum: Vintage Bicycles
- Topic: Vintage Jersey orders ***JERSEYS are in!***
- Replies: 101
- Views: 39801
Re: Vintage Jersey orders
DHBC World Stripe Vintage ($72.10) small- Lizanne medium-Peter T, Anthony I large- x-large- Stuart xx-large- Ted DHBC original Logo ($70) small- Lizanne, Camilla, JoTheBuilder medium-Philip, Lindsay large- x-large- xx-large- Valley Wheelers ($70) small- Lizanne, JoTheBuilder medium-Peter T, Lindsay ...
- 05 Apr 2013, 07:50
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Easter Friday C28 West Head: Drive-Ride-Eat
- Replies: 48
- Views: 14050
Re: Easter Friday C28 West Head: Drive-Ride-Eat
I hope you've turned the corner, now almost a week later. Sleeping probably hasn't been easy. If Eleri was stern and insisted on the liberal application of ice, a concept to which you seemed to be strangely resistant, you'll be further down the track. Did I miss the on-board camera footage, or have ...
- 28 Mar 2013, 14:31
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Easter Friday C28 West Head: Drive-Ride-Eat
- Replies: 48
- Views: 14050
Re: Easter Friday C28 West Head: Drive-Ride-Eat
Driving: 1. Stuart 2. Trouty 3. Jothebuilder 4. Andrew Burns 5. Michele P & six friends 6. Aimee (?) 7. Ted (assuming that I don't reach the "tired and emotional" stage tonight) Riding from MRC: 1. Andrewm (pending leave pass) 2. James Rogers (assuming leave pass) 3. Eleri 4. Noel 5. P...
- 10 Mar 2013, 09:56
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS! Sydney Classic Bicycle Show, Sat 23.3
- Replies: 32
- Views: 6368
Re: CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS! Sydney Classic Bicycle Show, Sat 23
9 will have specific tasks: Karzie on the video camera. Lindsay M as a judge in the concourse event and interviewer on camera (with Karzie) Roger W as a judge in the concourse event JohnJ as a judge in the concourse event Timothy Clifford on photography Eleri - Cashier Stuart on BBQ Ben on BBQ (and ...
- 03 Jan 2013, 12:38
- Forum: Road
- Topic: ALPINE CLASSIC 2013 - January 27th
- Replies: 39
- Views: 10948
Re: ALPINE CLASSIC 2013 - January 27th
Thank goodness the Alpine Classic is not happening during the next two weeks - all high 30s and 40s in the region for the coming fortnight according to the BoM. You've probably seen the SMH today: ''We have a major heat event under way,'' Karl Braganza, manager of climate monitoring at the Bureau of...
- 01 Jan 2013, 09:15
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Mon 31st C28's Pace Akuna Bay 6:30am at MRC
- Replies: 48
- Views: 10970
Re: Mon 31st C28's Pace Akuna Bay 6:30am at MRC
That sounds more manageable, and would keep us off so many big roads to concentrate on the picturesque stuff. And a swim, without the prospect of riding home in soggy nicks with sand in all the wrong places, sounds more enticing too. Plus I wouldn't have to set a day aside - we didn't get back until...
- 01 Jan 2013, 08:48
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Mon 31st C28's Pace Akuna Bay 6:30am at MRC
- Replies: 48
- Views: 10970
Re: Mon 31st C28's Pace Akuna Bay 6:30am at MRC
That was a very long, very hot day in the saddle, but a totally excellent way to see out 2012. I'm not sure I've ever been to West Head before, and the view knocked my socks off. Thanks to all for organising it, and to those who shepherd the slower riders. Stuart, are you casting nasturtiums at my s...
- 26 Nov 2012, 06:46
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Knee Pain - where to start?
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4144
Re: Knee Pain - where to start?
Wow - that sounds exactly like what I had a year or so back: riding was fine but driving a car was a nightmare. It was a little tear in the meniscus, and the knee hated sitting there twisted as I drove. See a knee doctor, and with a bit of manipulation (and almost certainly an MRI for confirmation) ...
- 11 Sep 2012, 13:09
- Forum: Road
- Topic: ALPINE CLASSIC 2013 - January 27th
- Replies: 39
- Views: 10948
Re: ALPINE CLASSIC 2013 - January 27th
Excellent! There'll be another big DHBC contingent on the 250, and maybe someone to keep me company on the 130 (but she'll probably shoot up the road).
- 29 Aug 2012, 09:59
- Forum: Road
- Topic: ALPINE CLASSIC 2013 - January 27th
- Replies: 39
- Views: 10948
Re: ALPINE CLASSIC 2013 - January 27th
After working at the Falls Creek stop last year and seeing the shape that some of those 250 riders were in with still a big descent and then Tawonga Gap to come - well, you'd better be in the form of your life if you want to do that ride in one day. BTW the other Richard at the Historic Houses Trust...
- 26 Aug 2012, 18:52
- Forum: Road
- Topic: ALPINE CLASSIC 2013 - January 27th
- Replies: 39
- Views: 10948
Re: ALPINE CLASSIC 2013 - January 27th
Much as I'd like to be there at 4am in my pirate hat again this year to see you crazy people off, I hope to be in good enough shape to embark upon my much milder bit of craziness at a more reasonable hour. But people get dewey-eyed when they talk of greeting the sun over Mt Hotham.
- 20 Aug 2012, 18:06
- Forum: Road
- Topic: ALPINE CLASSIC 2013 - January 27th
- Replies: 39
- Views: 10948
Re: ALPINE CLASSIC 2013 - January 27th
Whoo hoo - signed up for the 130km to Falls Creek. Paying for it and successfully riding it are two different things, of course, but I welcome having a goal. And at least there'll be cows for consolation if it all goes pear-shaped.
- 29 May 2012, 13:32
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Barcelona to Rome, on the route of Hannibal
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1258
Re: Barcelona to Rome, on the route of Hannibal
I want to do something like this before I get too old. Maybe next year; my sister's swimming in the World Masters Games in Turin in September and I'm going to accompany her - why not a bit of cycling afterwards? Will try to get the legs into shape for Bright in January, to assure myself I can manage...
- 29 May 2012, 08:28
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Barcelona to Rome, on the route of Hannibal
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1258
Barcelona to Rome, on the route of Hannibal
A student of mine from a few years back--Sam Wood--did a documentary for the BBC ( http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00t6skb ) tracing the route on the Carthaginian general Hannibal from Spain to Italy on bicycles (including a few gratuitous detours to do "fun" things like climbing Mt. Vent...
- 22 Apr 2012, 08:17
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: A good idea or a problem child?
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1571
Re: A good idea or a problem child?
Hope you bought it Eleri. At $309 it would have been worth it for parts alone: surely you could use some 650 Deep V wheels etc.?
- 22 Apr 2012, 08:13
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Centennial park proposed works
- Replies: 71
- Views: 18699
Re: Centennial park proposed works
Thanks for putting together this excellent submission. All those people in Centennial Park yesterday morning on top-of-the-range carbon time-trial bikes sure aren't doing the cause any favours. I've seen them before, being timed by those guys who hang around at the Randwick gates. If I was a hardcor...
- 03 Apr 2012, 08:04
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Tour Down Under 2013 - Date Saver
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1886
Re: Tour Down Under 2013 - Date Saver
What a great film - it captures my highlights of riding in Tasmania pretty much perfectly (although understandably they left out the logging trucks, feral locals, and abundant stinky roadkill). I recognised so many of those palces from our 2011 tour in Western Tasmania. It sure would be nice to ride...
- 18 Mar 2012, 18:16
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Mudgee Audax Weekend 27-29 April
- Replies: 36
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Mudgee Audax Weekend 27-29 April
I love the Mudgee weekend - beautiful riding and lots of ancillary fun to be had. I've done the last three and would come this year if other things weren't intruding.
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- 14 Mar 2012, 06:57
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Wanted: 1 missing Camelbak
- Replies: 3
- Views: 1472
Re: Wanted: 1 missing Camelbak
I was there when Sasha (cafe owner) came over with the bottle, as the last of us were about to leave. Last I saw, he was going to hang onto it at the cafe - seemed easier than trying to reunite it with its owner in any other way. A light coloured bottle, right, with maybe one of those fancy foil ins...
- 27 Feb 2012, 17:04
- Forum: Road
- Topic: New National Penny Farthing Champion
- Replies: 16
- Views: 4349
Re: New National Penny Farthing Champion
Nice one James - I'm sorry I wasn't there to see your triumph. Did you have a crack at the road race as well? I can't imagine who would have finished that one in front of you. In a way I hope that you were too hung over to saddle up again on Sunday morning.
- 01 Feb 2012, 15:35
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Pre Tassie ride to Melbourne 2009
- Replies: 48
- Views: 9832
Re: Pre Tassie ride to Melbourne 2009
I had a few days in Jindabyne this year before heading down to Bright for the Alpine Classic. Drove to Bright via Thredbo and Khancoban. To think that you guys rode Jindabyne-Khancoban on a very hot day, on fully-loaded touring bikes with a few hard days already ridden - awesome. Especially if Camil...
- 01 Feb 2012, 10:36
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Alpine Classic 2012 Audax ride
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10532
Re: Alpine Classic 2012 Audax ride
4am start for the ACE 250 (Alpine Classic Extreme). http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll462/tedrobin/IMG_1596.jpg Scenes from the Falls Creek stop. Michele appeared not to have raised a sweat coming over Tawonga and Falls Creek. http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll462/tedrobin/IMG_1602.jpg Richard...
- 01 Feb 2012, 09:35
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Alpine Classic 2012 Audax ride
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10532
Re: Alpine Classic 2012 Audax ride
Ron Webster finishes as Lanterne Rouge to a rapturous reception and congratulations from DHBC podium-girls. http://youtu.be/F92Z8cfXEB0 Sorry about the quality, but it was much darker than it looks in the clip, and my crappy little camera caught much more than I was expecting. His first comment, not...
- 23 Jan 2012, 21:10
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Dulwich Hill spotted
- Replies: 1054
- Views: 318634
Dulwich Hill spotted
I think I meant Falls Creek. Place-names down there are very counter-intuitive.
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- 23 Jan 2012, 21:09
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Dulwich Hill spotted
- Replies: 1054
- Views: 318634
Dulwich Hill spotted
They were very happy to see you, and you were spotted later in the day, descending, from a chairlift as Adam and Eleri went up Mt. Kosciusko. Off to Bright tomorrow to put finishing touches on the training for the Alpine 250. Camilla & Eleri seem to be on track; Adam and I shall be volunteers at...
- 11 Jan 2012, 13:40
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Evandale 2012 - Penny Farthing stuff - o tour or not to tour
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4150
Re: Evandale 2012 - Penny Farthing stuff - o tour or not to
All bits I haven't seen and would like to see. Although it would be a pity to go to Tassie in summer and not be there for the penny-farthing races. Writing that made me call to mind the Clarendon Arms Hotel in Evandale, and I shuddered at its squalor. Not your kind of place, Stuart. Not sure I could...
- 18 Dec 2011, 15:08
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Evandale 2012 - Penny Farthing stuff - o tour or not to tour
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4150
Re: Evandale 2012 - Penny Farthing stuff - o tour or not to
Roadkill would probably be a more appropriate logo. Maybe you could make them scratch'n'sniff, just to bring back all those good memories.
- 18 Dec 2011, 09:08
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Evandale 2012 - Penny Farthing stuff - o tour or not to tour
- Replies: 13
- Views: 4150
Re: Evandale 2012 - Penny Farthing stuff - o tour or not to
Camilla and I are having a year off Tassie touring. But I've definitely not finished with the place - I'd love to do the East Coast one of these years. Or pretty much anything which doesn't involve the Western Tiers.
- 05 Dec 2011, 10:18
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Tim Briers crashed
- Replies: 128
- Views: 29557
Re: Tim Briers crashed
It was so great to see you back out there at Slowies, back in DHBC red, back where it all began. I remember post-Slowies naps in the early days. But you'll have so much muscle-memory from all the riding you've done in the last few years that you'll be flying again in weeks.
- 05 Dec 2011, 10:07
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Dulwich Hill spotted
- Replies: 1054
- Views: 318634
Re: Dulwich Hill spotted
Ted crossing the road in Marrickville on the weekend, with 2 dashing young men If both young men towered above me, they will have been my sons. Since Lindsay introduced me to the Best Vietnamese Roll Shop in Sydney (Illawarra Road, just near Marrickville Road, the ex-public-toilet) my sons are addi...
- 09 Jul 2011, 09:53
- Forum: Track
- Topic: Accident Simon
- Replies: 28
- Views: 6674
Re: Accident Simon
Damn - bad luck mate. At least it wasn't the other collarbone, or you'd probably really be in trouble. I hope it's one of those breaks which heals reasonably quickly and unproblematically.
- 26 Jun 2011, 15:08
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Unicycle enthusiasts - you have 24hrs to get a cheap one
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2859
Re: Unicycle enthusiasts - you have 24hrs to get a cheap one
I have enough trouble keeping upright on two wheels, so no. But all those clever people who can ride their bikes with no hands - I guess for them it would be no problem. If I had a lazy $200 I'd buy 5 and insist that races are run at the velodrome.
- 26 Jun 2011, 12:26
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Unicycle enthusiasts - you have 24hrs to get a cheap one
- Replies: 14
- Views: 2859
Unicycle enthusiasts - you have 24hrs to get a cheap one
Club members seem to be keen to do every crazy thing possible on two wheels, so why not on one?
http://www.1-day.com.au/products/AA7BUN1UN
Unicycles $40 allegedly down from $170
http://www.1-day.com.au/products/AA7BUN1UN
Unicycles $40 allegedly down from $170
- 08 Jun 2011, 17:02
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: JK Rowling to present prizes at 2012 penny-farthing champs?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 946
Re: JK Rowling to present prizes at 2012 penny-farthing cham
Where there's smoke, there's fire. Why a confidentiality-agreement if there's no celeb? And reported in the Quality Press to boot. I'll certainly be taking my Harry Potter collection down to Evandale, in hope of an autograph!
- 07 Jun 2011, 17:08
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: JK Rowling to present prizes at 2012 penny-farthing champs?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 946
JK Rowling to present prizes at 2012 penny-farthing champs?
Her new holiday house was built at the same time as Clarendon House, and can probably be seen from Clarendon House. Assuming that the story's not a furphy, of course.
http://smh.domain.com.au/best-address-h ... 1fqhu.html
http://smh.domain.com.au/best-address-h ... 1fqhu.html
- 01 Jun 2011, 09:03
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Discovering that Waterfall is fun
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4757
Re: Discovering that Waterfall is fun
I was puzzled too - thought you meant whaling in the sense of "whaling on" i.e. punching etc. A month or so ago, in a rare bout of insomnia, I saw an amazing documentary on 19th century American whaling, the origin of the Moby Dick story and Hermann Melville's experiences on whaling boats....
- 31 May 2011, 10:35
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Discovering that Waterfall is fun
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4757
Re: Discovering that Waterfall is fun
Hmm, I'm already a MAMIL, and don't know if I want to be a HAB as well. (Colleagues at work, who've come from overseas, tell me that Australia is acronym-crazed).
- 31 May 2011, 06:40
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Discovering that Waterfall is fun
- Replies: 26
- Views: 4757
Re: Discovering that Waterfall is fun
Confirmed. Although Camilla is in fact currently on two strikes, not one.
- 19 May 2011, 13:35
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Reporting cycling hazards
- Replies: 1
- Views: 890
Reporting cycling hazards
I was just fiddling around on the web, looking for maps for a colleague who's thinking of taking up commuting (if anyone has views on the best route from North Strathfield to Sydney Uni, on the quietest roads possible, I'd be happy to hear them). But I found this page, which I wish I'd known about b...
Dirtworks
Looks like my Facebook paranoia led me to taking the wrong end of the stick - you guys were simply not talking. Dry and sunnyish out here at Mudgee, and we're about to head out to Cooyal, where Mark Renshaw's mother-in-law will apparently pull you a beer. Eleri says Andre is doing Dirtworks, which y...
Re: Dirtworks
All right, your Tent Mahal may float while the others sink. Camilla told me that there will a contingent of about 15 DHBC riders. I've tried to make her see sense and come to Mudgee, but she seems determined. I think you're all mad - I well remember the carnage at the Scott 24hr, and hope that no bo...
- 28 Apr 2011, 10:31
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Tim Briers crashed
- Replies: 128
- Views: 29557
Re: Tim Briers crashed
Yes, I've got my fingers crossed for you too. I hope that some good news has been delivered by now.
By the way, I loved that cartoon, Simon. It put on paper a gnawing feeling I've always had.
By the way, I loved that cartoon, Simon. It put on paper a gnawing feeling I've always had.
Dirtworks
Just jumped on to wish you all luck in soggy St. Albans, to find.....nothing. Your collective punishment for obsessive Facebooking is for your tents to be swallowed up in mud in the campground. I meanwhile shall be in much more salubrious accommodations in Mudgee, where it looks like the total turno...
- 19 Apr 2011, 16:57
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Protein Powder
- Replies: 53
- Views: 10699
Re: Protein Powder
A guy in today's Herald has something to say on the subject of protein supplements:
http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/f ... 1d3ow.html
http://www.smh.com.au/executive-style/f ... 1d3ow.html
- 11 Apr 2011, 16:59
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Protein Powder
- Replies: 53
- Views: 10699
Re: Protein Powder
My kids are mad for it, the crazy little coots. It's all a bit new-fangled for me. Isn't this the stuff that shrinks your testicles to the size of raisins?
- 11 Apr 2011, 16:21
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Protein Powder
- Replies: 53
- Views: 10699
Protein Powder
Or do we first need a discussion on whether it does any good and/or is safe and wise to take?
- 28 Mar 2011, 06:35
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: 2011 Flat Tyre Competition
- Replies: 133
- Views: 27350
Re: 2011 Flat Tyre Competition
Richard - road workers did exactly the same thing at the bottom of Audley Street a while back, in the roundabout outside Petersham Station: cut a bathtub-sized hole in the cement, filled it with asphalt which immediately subsided 4-6 inches, leaving a big, deep and very sharp-edged trench. Mike Clem...
- 20 Mar 2011, 06:07
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Audax Mudgee April 30th 2011
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4871
Re: Audax Mudgee April 30th 2011
It's the Amazing Shrinking DHBC Contingent: Mark and Wazz are now out too (so Mark told me last night). I'd be happy with anything accommodation-wise. Since I can this year, I may even go up on Thursday so I can do the little ride on Friday and have a somewhat more leisurely Mudgee experience. The p...
- 03 Mar 2011, 19:15
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Tour of Canberra 2011 29th April - 1st May
- Replies: 57
- Views: 10121
Re: Tour of Canberra 2011 29th April - 1st May
Wow, Easter has really stuffed up the calendar this year: Canberra, Mudgee and Dirt Works all on the same weekend.
- 24 Feb 2011, 11:15
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Audax Mudgee April 30th 2011
- Replies: 18
- Views: 4871
Re: Audax Mudgee April 30th 2011
After a week in Bright and another in Tasmania, I'm finding it a bit hard to get enthusiastic at the prospect of any long ride (with the possible exception of one that only went downhill). That will probably change in the coming days, and I'll sign up for Mudgee, but at present the memory is still a...
- 22 Feb 2011, 21:26
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Tassie Sojourn
- Replies: 122
- Views: 21065
Re: Tassie Sojourn
You might be forgiven for thinking that everyone was shot in Evandale on Saturday but no, they're all alive and kicking and probably tapping away manically on Facebook. Oh well, for the record, the road race went ahead on Sunday morning and both James and Amy repeated their victories of last year. A...
- 19 Feb 2011, 12:07
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Tassie Sojourn
- Replies: 122
- Views: 21065
Tassie Sojourn
Meanwhile, the tour of the western highlands was a success, although the Tour de Headwind might have been a more appropriate name for it. Everyone else seemed to handle the distances and climbing fine, but I was never quite the same after the Great Western Tiers on Day One, and the second last day's...
- 19 Feb 2011, 11:54
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Tassie Sojourn
- Replies: 122
- Views: 21065
Tassie Sojourn
It has been raining hard in Evandale and the National Pennyfarthing Championships, Evandale Fair etc. have been abandoned. Such a shame - pretty much the only rain for weeks and it will likely have cleared by dusk. At least people will probably be able to ride the road race tomorrow morning.
- 10 Feb 2011, 13:01
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Tassie Sojourn
- Replies: 122
- Views: 21065
Re: Tassie Sojourn
Umm yes, quite right. By the way, I plan to take my pedals off tonight and then stick them back on, not too tight. I remember having a terrible time at the airport last year with an over-tight pedal, and lost a certain amount of knuckle-skin as a result. All you veteran tourers are probably across t...
- 10 Feb 2011, 11:43
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Tassie Sojourn
- Replies: 122
- Views: 21065
Re: Tassie Sojourn
Well, there will be a big cohort of us on the same flight, so I'm sure that your excess can be farmed out if necessary. But did you notice above T-Bone saying: "We actually get 28kg because it's sporting goods, 23kg normal plus an extra 5kg."
- 10 Feb 2011, 09:39
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Entries just opened for the Audax Alpine Classic
- Replies: 66
- Views: 19350
Re: Entries just opened for the Audax Alpine Classic
Great, thanks. One can never have enough lights when commuting, and you;ve road-tested these. They seemed fairly cheap but then I realised that you have to buy batteries, leads, pouches, caps, chargers, mounts etc. separately. Still, it looks like a worthwhile investment in not ending up on the grou...
- 09 Feb 2011, 12:47
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Entries just opened for the Audax Alpine Classic
- Replies: 66
- Views: 19350
Re: Entries just opened for the Audax Alpine Classic
Hey Richard, what were those fantastic helmet-mounted lights you had down in Bright? Two globes, and you could turn one around to face backwards (with a red cap) if you wanted.
- 08 Feb 2011, 10:20
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Tassie Sojourn
- Replies: 122
- Views: 21065
Re: Tassie Sojourn
My goodness. Lake St. Clair can get seriously cold at night! Can one's nose get both sunburnt and frostbitten on the same day?
- 08 Feb 2011, 09:55
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Tassie Sojourn
- Replies: 122
- Views: 21065
Re: Tassie Sojourn
I'm certainly going to be taking more warm stuff than last year. I wish I had a pair of those covers that go over just the front of your shoes, since my booties require about 3 rounds of Graeco-Roman wrestling to instal on my feet.
- 08 Feb 2011, 08:01
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Tassie Sojourn
- Replies: 122
- Views: 21065
Re: Tassie Sojourn
Something in my bones told me that the weather was going to suck on this year's tour....wrongly, it seems.
- 04 Feb 2011, 15:28
- Forum: For Sale
- Topic: Steel Frames For Sale - Great for retro build or fixed-gear.
- Replies: 4
- Views: 4007
Re: Steel Frames For Sale - Great for retro build or fixed-g
I still remember with affection my first ride with Saturday Slowies some three years ago. Fragments of conversation wafted up from behind: "I'm in trouble with my wife for having too many bikes in the house, but you can't call yourself a cyclist unless you have a training bike, a racing bike, a...
- 04 Feb 2011, 15:12
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Tim Briers crashed
- Replies: 128
- Views: 29557
Re: Tim Briers crashed
Ooh, that looks absolutely awful. You'd never looked fitter nor more chipper than when I saw you outside Mick Mazza's at 6.30 last Saturday morning. I really hope that the rehab goes well.
- 30 Jan 2011, 15:39
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Entries just opened for the Audax Alpine Classic
- Replies: 66
- Views: 19350
Re: Entries just opened for the Audax Alpine Classic
Just noticed your new (?) avatar EMT. You must be pining for the Evandale hedges.
- 30 Jan 2011, 13:18
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Entries just opened for the Audax Alpine Classic
- Replies: 66
- Views: 19350
Re: Entries just opened for the Audax Alpine Classic
A final thought on why the week in Bright was so excellent. Normally when you go on holidays, you're counting down to when you have to go home. But when the climax of the week comes at the very end, with a big ride, it completely obscures thoughts of going home and back to work etc.
- 27 Jan 2011, 09:48
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Tassie Sojourn
- Replies: 122
- Views: 21065
Re: Tassie Sojourn
He's doing the hairy-chested version of the Tour, I think.
- 26 Jan 2011, 09:23
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Entries just opened for the Audax Alpine Classic
- Replies: 66
- Views: 19350
Re: Entries just opened for the Audax Alpine Classic
I'm in total agreement with all the positive things that have been said about the cycling, scenery, accommodations, company and cuisine around Bright. I'm fairly familiar with the NSW side of the mountains, and was shocked at how much better the Victorians have got it. Lots of fun things I didn't ge...
- 13 Jan 2011, 13:27
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Tassie Sojourn
- Replies: 122
- Views: 21065
Re: Tassie Sojourn
Excellent news about Amy and Christian: critical mass has been reached! And there are probably still a few lurkers out there who might join up. But we'd better have a word to Virgin to make sure they're not caught short of bike boxes when we front up en masse.
- 08 Jan 2011, 20:55
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Adventure Rides 2011- 6am 13th Nov-Hawkesbury Explorer
- Replies: 273
- Views: 73776
Re: Adventure Rides 2011
Righto, sounds good - next time.
- 08 Jan 2011, 16:31
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Adventure Rides 2011- 6am 13th Nov-Hawkesbury Explorer
- Replies: 273
- Views: 73776
Re: Adventure Rides 2011
I'm still pondering it, but that forecast sounds pretty awful. I could be talked into it, but am leaning towards the nays.
- 07 Jan 2011, 14:37
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Tassie Sojourn
- Replies: 122
- Views: 21065
Re: Tassie Sojourn
So, here's the routes for Camilla's proposed (slightly alternative) tour, which leaves a day earlier than the main group. Day 0: (Saturday) Evandale to Miena - 104km I am informed that although km 50-70 is the horrendous bit, the worst is km 70-104, since your legs are convinced that there is a gent...
- 07 Jan 2011, 14:17
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Adventure Rides 2011- 6am 13th Nov-Hawkesbury Explorer
- Replies: 273
- Views: 73776
Re: Adventure Rides 2011
Your post has sent me to the BoM. It has to be said that the forecast for Sunday morning looks exceptionally negative. I guess this ride would be much more fun in half-decent weather. Still, I've got to do something to help prepare for Bright the next week.
- 05 Jan 2011, 13:23
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Tassie Sojourn
- Replies: 122
- Views: 21065
Re: Tassie Sojourn
I've just checked out bikemap.net and agree that it does the job much better than Bikely and MapMyRide - thanks! But I'll try the *.kml trick in Google Earth (never done it) via MapMyRide and see what happens. Bikemap.net does excellent printed maps and elevations with ease.
- 05 Jan 2011, 11:41
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Tassie Sojourn
- Replies: 122
- Views: 21065
Re: Tassie Sojourn
What do people think about on-line route-mapping programs? I find MapMyRide to be rather counter-intuitive and hard to use, and the elevation-map they give you is very basic. At least they promise to let you print out maps if you stump up some money, and this would be handy for Tassie. Bikely seems ...
- 04 Jan 2011, 08:02
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Adventure Rides 2011- 6am 13th Nov-Hawkesbury Explorer
- Replies: 273
- Views: 73776
Re: Adventure Rides 2011
I'm in. What time do we meet?
- 03 Jan 2011, 15:32
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: What did cycling Santa leave under the tree for you?
- Replies: 8
- Views: 1959
Re: What did cycling Santa leave under the tree for you?
From Santa: two pairs of DHBC socks: best socks ever! Christmas present to myself: compact crankset (with the Alpine Classic in mind).
Camilla got a Garmin Edge 500 and some aero-bars.
Camilla got a Garmin Edge 500 and some aero-bars.
- 23 Dec 2010, 08:11
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Tassie Sojourn
- Replies: 122
- Views: 21065
Re: Tassie Sojourn
1. Tyre Kicker - I'm thinking of going but haven't made up my mind yet (indicate preference for option 2, 3 or 4 below). Wallman (Options 2 or 3 and I'll try to sneak in some pursuit training on the side) 2. "Hell of the West" I'm definitely going. I want to ride only sealed road. Hard, fa...
- 17 Dec 2010, 18:03
- Forum: Road
- Topic: Tassie Sojourn
- Replies: 122
- Views: 21065
Re: Tassie Sojourn
Penny-farthing riding is apparently alive in Italy - this one snapped in Grosseto (Tuscany): http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll462/tedrobin/Grosseto/Grosseto30Nov2010001.jpg Note that the foot-peg is on the right. I wonder is this is somehow related to them driving on the other side of the road? ...
- 12 Oct 2010, 19:35
- Forum: Mountain
- Topic: Scott 24 Hour Entries Open!
- Replies: 79
- Views: 18673
Re: Scott 24 Hour Entries Open!
A lap is 18.7km and a really fast one would be an hour. I never saw the true ugliness of the single-track up the hill, but I suspect that all these people are completely mad for wanting to ride it.
- 12 Oct 2010, 10:40
- Forum: Mountain
- Topic: Scott 24 Hour Entries Open!
- Replies: 79
- Views: 18673
Re: Scott 24 Hour Entries Open!
By all means, if you're referring to my photos. I'll send you higher-res versions if you'd like them.
- 11 Oct 2010, 17:30
- Forum: Mountain
- Topic: Scott 24 Hour Entries Open!
- Replies: 79
- Views: 18673
Re: Scott 24 Hour Entries Open!
Yes, sorry about the photos: I got shots of the Le Mans start, and first people finishing their first lap but otherwise the opportunities weren't all that many unless I wanted to hang around on the track for long periods. Just glad that there was some record of the DHBC ghetto by night. Did John bre...
- 11 Oct 2010, 10:06
- Forum: Mountain
- Topic: Scott 24 Hour Entries Open!
- Replies: 79
- Views: 18673
Re: Scott 24 Hour Entries Open!
Strewth! You mean I could have got the quinella of fastest DHBC time plus a pair of wheels? Onlineresults server seems to be down so I can't see if I cracked the hour.
- 11 Oct 2010, 09:53
- Forum: Mountain
- Topic: Scott 24 Hour Entries Open!
- Replies: 79
- Views: 18673
Re: Scott 24 Hour Entries Open!
I was completely knackered when I got home last night and I didn't even ride (and thus didn't fall down on rocks either). Too much fresh air, I expect. I took of few pictures: http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll462/tedrobin/2010%20Scott%2024hr/DSC_0174.jpg http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll462/...
- 25 Sep 2010, 18:53
- Forum: Track
- Topic: DHBC Omnium 25/09/2010 in conjunction with nsw bike week!
- Replies: 55
- Views: 9579
Re: DHBC Omnium 25/09/2010 in conjunction with nsw bike week
Bugger, but I'm sure it will come back. Thanks all for a very enjoyable day. I've posted some pictures: http://s315.photobucket.com/albums/ll462/tedrobin/Bicycle_Week_Omnium_2010/ I got my sought-after magpie-attack photo: http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll462/tedrobin/Bicycle_Week_Omnium_2010/DS...
- 14 Sep 2010, 14:26
- Forum: Track
- Topic: Is this Tempe?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4233
Re: Is this Tempe?
It has not escaped my attention that there are people within the Club who have tendencies towards Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. I include myself, since I don't seem to be able to leave this question alone. In the grandstand at Dunc Grey, there are seats which are yellow and others that are brown, a...
- 13 Sep 2010, 18:50
- Forum: Track
- Topic: Is this Tempe?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 4233
Re: Is this Tempe?
Despite what it says that the start, that MUST be Tempe, surely.
- 10 Sep 2010, 12:03
- Forum: Road
- Topic: C2C4Kids Charity Adventure Ride - Saturday 11th September
- Replies: 38
- Views: 7184
Re: C2C4Kids Charity Adventure Ride - Saturday 11th Septembe
If anyone wants stuff driven out to Centennial Park to be available for them on arrival, you could bring it over tonight. Flick me a PM for my address.
Ted.
Ted.
- 13 Jun 2010, 16:43
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Following Hannibal...on a bicycle
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2221
Re: Following Hannibal...on a bicycle
Um, yes. Sorry. Forgot that we are a 2-ranga household.
I've told him he has to get the BBC to fund them to ride the route of Alexander the Great's conquests. There may be a few OH&S issues, what with those pesky mujahadeen.
I've told him he has to get the BBC to fund them to ride the route of Alexander the Great's conquests. There may be a few OH&S issues, what with those pesky mujahadeen.
- 11 Jun 2010, 10:13
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Following Hannibal...on a bicycle
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2221
Re: Following Hannibal...on a bicycle
I have consulted with the principals: it appears that there was a bit of, um, journalistic licence applied to the route. Tough thing to capture on TV. Just as racing cars don't look like they're going all that fast on TV, the hills never look all that steep when you're watching cycling. The uninitia...
- 11 Jun 2010, 09:41
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Following Hannibal...on a bicycle
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2221
Re: Following Hannibal...on a bicycle
As soon as I posted that, I thought the same thing: surely they could have gone around Mont Ventoux. I'll consult the experts on the subject. They probably just went up it for fun, now that I think of it (the cyclists, not the Carthaginians), although they imply in the commentary that Hannibal's arm...
- 11 Jun 2010, 09:30
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Tour of the West
- Replies: 31
- Views: 5665
Re: Tour of the West
Let's kick a few facts: average July temperatures from the BoM website. Orange Maximum 9.7 Minimum 0.3 Lithgow Maximum 10.4 Minimum 0.7 Mudgee Maximum 14.3 Minimum 1.3 Gilgandra Maximum 15.6 Minimum 2.5 Parkes Maximum 14.0 Minimum 4.0 Bathurst Maximum 11.7 Minimum 1.0 I.e. much, much colder than Syd...
- 11 Jun 2010, 09:08
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Following Hannibal...on a bicycle
- Replies: 8
- Views: 2221
Following Hannibal...on a bicycle
An ex-student of mine, together with his brothers, has made a documentary for BBC4 following Hannibal's route from Spain into Italy. Not on elephants but on fully-loaded touring bikes. Ancient Historians will know that there are some pretty ugly hills along the way, and cyclists will be familiar wit...
- 09 Jun 2010, 16:55
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Tour of the West
- Replies: 31
- Views: 5665
Re: Tour of the West
You guys are mad. It's going to be freezing out there at this time of year.
- 09 Jun 2010, 16:53
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Back from Cairns
- Replies: 9
- Views: 2854
Re: Back from Cairns
Sounds fantastic. I must do that, or a sub-section of it, one of these years, waiting for the depths of the Sydney winter before heading north to recharge the batteries. What would you recommend for a one-week tour, averaging 100-120km a day, with an airport at either end?
- 09 Jun 2010, 16:50
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: More Hats to be made; "Saturday Slowies"... interest levels.
- Replies: 39
- Views: 9091
Re: More Hats to be made; "Saturday Slowies"... interest lev
I'd probably prefer a generic DHBC hat. But just so long as I can still turn the brim up and look like a Benny Hill-style halfwit, I'll be happy.
- 25 Feb 2010, 10:11
- Forum: Conversation
- Topic: Tassie 2010 edition
- Replies: 142
- Views: 26201
OK, here's a few of my pics, and I'll concentrate on Evandale since there are lots of good touring pics (and there's still Huw's to look forward to). http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll462/tedrobin/Tassie%202010/IMG_8462.jpg Huw wins the Penny Century http://i315.photobucket.com/albums/ll462/tedro...